(Cricket news) Head Coach Ed Joyce’s squad will be led by Laura Delany and will see the squad play a two-match bilateral series in Dubai against Thailand Women ahead of the tournament proper.
The squad is:
- Laura Delany (captain), Ava Canning, Alana Dalzell, Georgina Dempsey, Amy Hunter, Arlene Kelly, Gaby Lewis, Louise Little, Joanna Loughran, Jane Maguire, Cara Murray, Leah Paul, Orla Prendergast, Eimear Richardson, Rebecca Stokell.
Delany, Women’s most-capped player, is in line to make her 200th appearance for the national side in her next appearance – the first women’s cricketer to achieve that milestone.
FIXTURES
Thailand series
- 16 April: Ireland Women v Thailand Women (1st T20I; UAE)
- 18 April: Ireland Women v Thailand Women (2nd T20I; UAE)
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Global Qualifier
- 21 April: Warm-up game v Scotland Women (T20I; UAE)
- 23 April: Warm-up game v USA Women (T20I; UAE)
- 25 April: Ireland Women v UAE Women (Qualifier Group Stage; UAE)
- 29 April: Ireland Women v Zimbabwe Women (Qualifier Group Stage; UAE)
- 1 May: Ireland Women v Vanuatu Women (Qualifier Group Stage; UAE)
- 3 May: Ireland Women v Netherlands Women (Qualifier Group Stage; UAE
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